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28 May 2013

Me & My Kites "Like a Dream Back Then" Review

Reviewed by Chris Sherman

The debut album by Me And My Kites, a new collective of
Swedish musicians (notably, AnnaMy, Lisa Isaksson (Lisa O Piu), Mattias
Gustavsson (Dungen/ Life on Earth)) led by David Svedmyr, has just been
released via AAO. While the download is
readily available, the LP has been eluding me for the last few weeks, so good
luck on your hunt for the time being!
The band is named after Fuchsia’s 1971 underrated classic
song of the same name, and that’s a great point of reference on this LP, and it
would also sit along nicely with Kevin Ayers “Joy of a Toy”. The songs
are mostly acoustic based, with flutes and piano contributing lovely melodies,
and mellotrons adding a darker atmosphere to the mostly breezy elements. Overall, there is a very loose and dreamy
feel here, and this is seemingly something that could be the soundtrack to your
summer, perfect for those lazy days outside in the open.
Opener “Back When I Came” begins in a grand sweeping
fashion, before it dissolves into an early Floyd swirling organ freak-out with
sounds floating in and out of the aural spectrum. This segues right into the single “Was It
Like A Dream”, sung by (I believe) the amazing Isaksson. For me, the LP highlight might be “Caravello
Parallelo”, with a winding groove of a bass, saxophone melodies and a beautiful
Gilmour-esque lead guitar.
Again, this is well crafted psych folk and everything melts
together, forming a lovely soundscape that you keep wanting to return to. I really hope that this is not a one-off release,
as I would love to hear more by these guys.

Editors note : there was a bit of competition to review this album as both Chris and myself totally flipped when we first
heard it - couldn't agree more with everything Chris has to say here, and I also fully recommend that you check these guys out. A very special album.Check out their facebook page here for music and links.

1 comment:

Wow, the sample track is excellent! And the video is charming--those adorable freaks look like they're really enjoying themselves!!

Hey Chris, the band just posted information for getting the LP on their FB page 23 minutes ago! They say:

Hi everyone with a record player!If you would like to buy a Me and My Kites record then please send an e-mail with your adress to:meandmykites@gmail.comPrices are (with us posting them to you ):Vinyl: 150 SEK / 20 EuroCD (digipack): 100 SEK / 12 Euro